Lactose carrier mutants of Escherichia coli with changes in sugar recognition (Lactose versus melibiose)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5570-5573

  Varela, Manuel F ^a,b   Brooker, Robert J ^a,c   Wilson, T Hastings ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; MELIBIOSE;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030924137     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5570-5573.1997     Document Type: Article

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